Sodium Batteries: 15% More Energy at 50x Lower Cost Than Lithium

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Scientists create new batteries using salt instead of expensive metals, making them much cheaper to produce.

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Sodium costs nearly 50 times less than lithium and can be extracted from seawater.

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The new sodium batteries can store 15% more power than similar previous versions while staying light and compact.

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Lead researcher Pieremanuele Canepa's team aims to make clean energy storage affordable for everyone.

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The sodium battery weighs less but stores more power at 458 watt-hours per kilogram.

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Scientists from USA and France worked together to test and prove these batteries work well.

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Top science magazine Nature Materials features this research showing sodium can replace rare lithium.

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Sodium batteries could make phones, cars, and home power storage more affordable for everyone.

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Using common sodium instead of rare lithium means more countries can make their own batteries.

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This discovery helps create more ways to store clean energy using different easy-to-find materials.

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